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Mother-In-Law Mall
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Mother-In-Law Stories
November 24, 2006
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Frequent
Fry Her TM.
- shksgoddess, 4 of 4 needed/Posted:
24-NOV-06
Warning, this is not your typical terrible
MIL story. For most of my marriage to my ex-DH, my ex-MIL made
my life miserable. She was rude and condescending. She said lousy
things about me when she thought that I couldn't hear or wasn't
present, and made those stupid kissy noises next to my ear when
we had to show up to her always immaculate townhouse. I always
thought that I would dance on her grave singing, "Ding, Dong,
the witch is dead," when she (thankfully) passed. Funny how
plans go astray. Ex-MIL developed senile dementia and it affected
her memory. In short, she forgot that she hated me and loved talking
to me when I visited her in the hospital. She told me stories about
how she and her deceased husband met and how she had given birth
to her first child at the end of WWII while her army doctor husband
was away overseas. We actually sat and watched a holiday movie
together. After that, I realized a few things: 1) It's hard to
keep hating someone who doesn't remember hurting you. 2) Once
she stopped seeing me as the evil DIL she could actually be nice.
3) Maybe the problems weren't so much hers, but my perceptions
that were exacerbated by her son! There is no real "happy"
ending to this story, as I left her DS about 5 years ago, and as
far as I know, she is still in a nursing home far away. I wouldn't
dream of suggesting for all of you to be patient and wait for your
MIL to see the light. It probably won't happen. But, whether or
not we realize it, we are in a triangle with MIL, DH and ourselves,
and each of us affects the relationship in some way. Now I'm remarried
and have a whole new set of toxic in-laws, but that is another story.
Signed - A Little Older
and Wiser
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This is a story from a
few years ago. My ILs were emotionally very needy people. They
spent most of their time drinking, napping and watching TV. Needless
to say, they were old waaaay before their time. They always expected
my DH to come over and do little jobs for them. My DH is an over
the road trucker. He works very hard and is gone during the week.
He usually makes it back into town on Friday. While he was out
of town, we would not hear a word from my MIL. But, I swear that
woman had radar. DH would walk into the house and the phone would
ring within minutes. "We need the front hallway painted.
We need a prescription at the drug store. Could you come over and
move some furniture for us?", etc., etc. Being the good son
that he was, he would go and get it over with. I would go with
him once every couple of weeks because he hated to go over there
alone. One day, after a solo visit to his mom and dad's, DH came
home with a confused look on his face. His mother had said to him,
"You have no idea what goes on at your house while you are
gone. If you knew, you would be totally shocked and disgusted.
But I'm not going to tell you. It's up to you to find out on your
own." He asked me if I had any idea what she meant, and I
had to admit that I did NOT. I know that she was trying to make
him think that I cheated on him, which is not and never has been
the case. But, can you think of anything nastier than planting
that kind of doubt in a man's mind about his wife's fidelity? After
that, I washed my hands of her. I had two teenagers at that point,
and spent a lot of time at home with them. I didn't run around
with my friends or do anything that would cause anyone to doubt
my behavior. I was a totally devoted mother and wife, with a B!TCH
for a MIL!
Signed - Aloha
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Worst gift: My MIL gave
me a box of generic tissues for Christmas the first year that I
was married to her son. She didn't have time to wrap it.
Signed - "You Shouldn't
Have!"
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